Weekend homicide victim identified

Officers were called to Hollis Street near Sackville just before 4 a.m. Saturday

CITYnews halifax \ Meghan Groff

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Halifax Regional Police have identified the victim of a weekend shooting in downtown Halifax.

Officers were called to Hollis Street near Sackville just before 4 a.m. Saturday, where the found a young man with gunshot wounds.

He was rushed to hospital where he died.

An autopsy has officially declared 20-year-old Keezondre Kentrez Smith’s death to be a homicide.

Investigators do not believe it was a random incident.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 902-490-5020.